Claria H. Boom, Eastern District of Kentucky
Nomination
- June 7, 2017 – President Trump
- Confirmed April 10, 2018
- Age: 49 – Approximately
Career
- Member, Frost Brown Todd L.L.C. (2006 – Present)
- 2012 Mentor of the Year
- Chairperson, Compensation Committee
- Member, Women’s Initiative Steering Committee
- Executive Director, Equine Education Project (2005 – 2006)
- Assistant United States Attorney, EDKY (1998 – 2005)
- Associate, King & Spalding – Atlanta, Georgia (1995 – 1998)
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D. (1994)
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Editor, Journal of Transnational Law
- Best Oralist, King & Spalding Moot Court
- Am Jur Awards
- Contracts I
- Bankrputcy
- Transylvania University, B.A. (1991)
- Summa Cum Laude
- W.T. Young Scholarship
- Holleian Society
Links
Robert E. Wier, Eastern District of Kentucky
Nomination
- August 3, 2017 – President Trump
- Confirmed June 5, 2018
- Age: 50
Career
- United States Magistrate Judge (2006 – Present)
- Partner, Ransdell and Wier PLLC (1996 – 2006)
- Associate, Stoll, Keenon & Park LLP (1993 – 1996)
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. (1992)
- Valedictorian
- Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal
- University of Kentucky, B.A. (1989)
- High Distinction
- Departmental Honors
Clerkships
- Judge Siler, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Links
Rebecca Grady Jennings, Western District of Kentucky
Nomination
- September 7, 2017 – President Trump
- Confirmed April 12, 2018
- Age: 38
Career
- Director, Middleton Reutlinger (2003 – Present)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Kentucky Super Lawyers, Kentucky Rising Stars, civil litigation defense
- The Best Lawyers in America 2018 in litigation – labor and employment
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Haynes Jr., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (2002-03)
Education
- Emory University, B.A. (1999)
- American University, Washington College of Law, J.D. (2002)
- Senior Associate, American University International Law Review
Links
http://www.middletonlaw.com/professionals-Rebecca-Grady-Jennings
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/THE_WHITE_HOUSE.pdf?cachebuster:27
Justin R. Walker, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Nomination
- Nominated: June 24, 2019
- Confirmed: November 5th, 2019
Career
- Assistant Professor of Law, Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville (2015 – present)
- Co-Director of the Ordered Liberty Program
- Partner, Counsel at Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP [unavailable]
- Appellate Attorney, Gibson, Dun & Crutcher LLP [unavailable]
Education
- Harvard Law School; J.D. [unavailable]
- Notes Editor, Harvard Law Review
- magna cum laude
- Duke University; B.A. [unavailable]
- summa cum laude
Clerkships
- Justice Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States [unavailable]
- Judge Brett Kavanaugh, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit [unavailable]
Links
Benjamin J. Beaton, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- Nomination
- Nominated: September 8, 2020
- Confirmed: November 17, 2020
- Career
- Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP [2018 – present]
- Litigator, Sidley Austin, LLP [2012 – 2018]
- Associate, Sidley Austin, LLP [2010 – 2011]
- Legal Fellow, International Justice Mission, Kampala Uganda [2010]
- Education
- Columbia Law School; J.D. [2009]
- Columbia Law Review
- Centre College; B.A. [2003]
- summa cum ladue
- Columbia Law School; J.D. [2009]
- Clerkships
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States
- Judge A. Raymond Randolph, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Links
